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Julius Weiland
Berlin, Germany
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Berlin, Germany
Published 08/11/2015 | Updated 10/04/2022
Julius Weiland is best known for his glass sculptures which he creates since two decades in various techniques. The recent works are mouth blown pieces realized at the hot glass studio of Berlin Glassworks.
Besides his glass works he is also working two-dimensional. His recent paintings belong to a series of buildings and architectual details of the modernist period in the former GDR.
His works are part of museum...
Julius Weiland is best known for his glass sculptures which he creates since two decades in various techniques. The recent works are mouth blown pieces realized at the hot glass studio of Berlin Glassworks.
Besides his glass works he is also working two-dimensional. His recent paintings belong to a series of buildings and architectual details of the modernist period in the former GDR.
His works are part of museum collections world wide - most recently a work was added to the contemporary glass collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and to the Museum Ulm.
What is it about your studio space that inspires you?
The heat of the kiln.
What sounds, scents and sights do you encounter while in your studio?
The clicking of glass, the red glowing glass when it's hot.
What is your favourite material to work with? How has your use of it evolved throughout your practice?
Glass. From static works to more and more liveliness and motion.
What themes do you pursue?
chaos, structures, transparency, obscurity, oddness and elegance
If you could install your art absolutely anywhere, where would that be?
In a room filled with daylight.
2021
“Julius Weiland”, Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne – Barbara Ruetz, München
“Julius Weiland – Selected Works”, Lorch + Seidel Contemporary, Temporary Showroom, Berlin
2018
“Glas und Grafik”, Europäisches Museum für Modernes Glas, Rödental
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2021
“Toyama International Glass Exhibition 2021”, Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan
2020
“SweetNothingSweet”, Groupshow, Kunstverein KISS, Untergroeningen
“Kaleidoscope – five ways to think about glass“, Kunstverein Neukölln, Berlin
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Frederiksberg Museerne, Frederiksberg / Copenhagen, Denmark
Glass Museum Ebeltoft, Denmark
Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Coburg, Germany
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Lorch + Seidel Contemporary | http://www.lorch-seidel.de/
Julius Weiland - Dekor und Deformation, Mies van der Rohe Haus (Hrsg.), Verlag Form & Zweck, Berlin, 2017
Julius Weiland - High Glide, Museum Kunstpalast (Hrsg.), Düsseldorf, 2009
2011, 1st prize, Jutta Cuny-Franz Award
2004, Gold Prize, International Exhibition of Glass, Kanazawa
